Analyze Julia Alvarezs “Before We Were Free” and write a literary critique based on one of literary theory:
Marxism which emphasizes themes of class conflict
New Historicism which examines the work through its historical context and seeks to understand cultural and intellectual history through literature
Gender which emphasizes themes of gender relations
Formalism a school of literary criticism and literary theory having mainly to do with structural purposes of a particular text
Literary criticism analyzes fiction, poetry, drama and some types of non-fiction by considering key issues such as plot, character, setting, theme, imagery, and voice. Literary criticism may also consider the effectiveness of a work of literature, but its important to note that in this context the word criticism doesnt simply mean finding fault with the writing but rather looking at it from a critical or analytical viewpoint in order to understand it better.
